Perfect Love Drives Out Fear
*“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.”* (1 John 4:18, NASB) Fear grips the human heart […]
*“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.”* (1 John 4:18, NASB) Fear grips the human heart […]
Some Christians, including Seventh-day Adventists and other Sabbath-keepers, insist that observing Saturday as the Sabbath is a test of faith or necessary for salvation. They often argue that the Sabbath is an “everlasting law” distinct from the “sacrificial law” Christ fulfilled, or that the Ten Commandments remain binding. These claims lack biblical support and risk preaching a false gospel, which Paul warns brings a curse and leads to eternal danger. This blog clarifies: Jesus is our Sabbath Rest, a Person, not a day. We’ll address questions raised about the Sabbath’s permanence, compare the Sabbath-keepers’ gospel with Paul’s gospel, and show how we are saved by grace alone through faith in Christ alone—not works. If we trust in a false gospel, we are not saved and face the peril of Hell, but God promises eternal salvation to those who repent and trust in Christ’s finished work. […]
The gift of tongues, or glossolalia, is a profound and often debated spiritual gift in the New Testament. A compelling scriptural interpretation views tongues as a heavenly or angelic language—a spiritual form of communication used by angels and enabled by the Holy Spirit for believers. This blog explores the “tongues of angels” as a literal heavenly language, drawing from 1 Corinthians 14 and Acts 2, and explains how the Holy Spirit enables hearers to understand this divine speech in their native tongues. It also clarifies Paul’s teaching on desiring tongues while emphasising prophecy, defines prophecy as exhortation and edification, highlights love as the motivation for these gifts, underscores God’s call to pursue spiritual gifts, and warns against the false teaching of cessationism while addressing distortions by the hyper-Pentecostal movement. […]
Welcome to my blog, where we explore the life-changing truths of the Bible. Today, we’re diving into the heart of the Christian message—the Gospel as preached by the Apostle Paul. Paul, transformed from a persecutor […]
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